Gho Matha Samrakshanam – Build Protective Shelters

– Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara – Periyava tells us the importance of setting up Ghosalas/Pinjarapoles for doing Gho Matha Samrakshanam. He tells us not even ‘One Cow’ should go to slaughterhouse and any amount of money/effort is much more worth in this kainkaryam. We should at-least consider supporting the existing Ghosalas and the noble people that are running it despite facing a lot of challenges. Ram Ram!

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We have to create a corporal fund generated from all those people who are willing to contribute and from the interest of the fund (in crores), all cows can be saved from slaughter house. The big business men like Dr Ratan Tata, Aditya Birla and Infosys Narayana murthy and the Ambanies will certainly help. Public contribution can also lead to huge amount. The entire Indians contributed for the Vivekananda Memorial at Kanyakumari, such awakening is possible for Gomatha samrakshana.

Our great Acharya, the Mahaperiava has on several occasions said about ‘go rakshana’ and how a poor or the rich could contribute to its welfare. Except a few individuals in groups have been taking care of cows in their old age, but otherwise there is neither sympathy nor support from the majority, as if the saying of the Acharya has nothing to do with them. Sadly of late, many Hindus have been leaving their aged parents in old age homes, ill treat them at times. If one cannot provided them minimum requirements but at least should tender them with love and care. Parents struggled to bring up their children but the fact is forgotten when the parents become old. Similarly, a cow which gives milk, an ox which has become old and cannot be used in farm duties are discarded or sold to people who are keen terminating their lives. When a person could not respect his aged parents, how does one expect respect for an animal, no matter whether it is a holy cow, etc. The Acharya would be disillusioned with the way the lives of our people moving about without realising their social obligations.

English Translation – Thanks a ton to Kanchi Paramacharya FB Community

25. Protective Shelters

Finally what needs to be done by all people coming together us to ensure that not a single cow goes to the slaughter house and till their natural death they are given food and are sheltered in hygienic sheds. For this purpose, shelters should be specially arranged for the cows which have stopped yielding milk. If individuals are not willing to keep them anymore and want to dispatch them to slaughter houses, they should be purchased from them and kept in such shelters.

Several owners of cows may be really poor and will be living a hard life. They cannot be expected to give them away free. But just because money has to be paid for such cows, not a single cow should be allowed to go to the slaughter house. It may be thought; “To purchase such cows from the owners will mean a lot of money. Apart from that it will be a demanding task to take care of the old cows’. But when we feel the importance of this service, money and labour do not count for much.